MONTREAL, Canada (AFP)—A midday shooting in Montreal killed three people on Monday, including a police officer, a civilian, and the alleged gunman, triggering rare alarm in the Canadian city.

The bloodshed occurred in a partly Jewish neighborhood that includes kosher markets and restaurants, but police declined to comment on what the motive might have been and whether the incident amounted to a hate crime or act of terror.

Montreal police chief Fady Dagher said the incident was “more than terrible.”